In Chinese, the term for “fortune-telling” shares a character with the term for “algorithm.”
~ Patricia Kim, an expert at the Brookings Institution via The New Yorker
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Monthly Archives: September 2026
General Motors was founded
on this day in 1908
The General Motors was founded on this day — September 16 — in 1908
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Interesting Read
via the American Affairs Journal:
Agencies without Agency: How Dispersed Power Derails Transportation Infrastructure
by Brian Potter
published in their Fall 2026 edition
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Quote, Unquote
Silicon Valley has not demonstrated joined-up thinking for deploying AI. It would help if they learned from the central planners. The AI labs have not shown that they’re thinking seriously about how to diffuse the technology throughout society, which will require extensive regulatory and legal reform. How else will AI be able to fold doctors and lawyers into its tender mercies?
~ Dan Wang via his 2025 letter
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Campus Trivia
What was the final vote count for the 2016 United States presidential election?
The final vote count for the 2016 United States presidential election was:
- Donald Trump – 62,984,828 votes
46.1% vote share - Hillary Clinton – 65,853,514 votes
48.2% vote share
Via Wikipedia
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